A specialised auction of over 2,500 lots, the property of 137 vendors, including the first offering from the extensive all World collection formed by the late Dr. Ronnie Straus, FRPSL, of Wimbledon and featuring the Charles Harrison ‘Concorde’ collection and a special section of Telegraphs & Revenues with the collections of Colin Lee and the late Dr. Steve Hiscocks; Mixed Lots with special groups of Forgeries and Forwarding Agents covers; notable groups including specialised Ascension King George VI issues; Canada with the late John Hoyt collection; fine collections of Ceylon and New Zealand postal stationery formed by John Sussex RDP, FRPSL; China with rarely offered North East China; Cyprus; Falkland Islands including specialised Fox Bay collected by the late Dr Nigel Lehmann; Ireland; South Africa featuring the outstanding collection of the late Rowland Stott collection and Anglo-Boer War postcards formed by the late Stuart Duggan; the Tony Belfield, FRPSL, collection of the Tanganyika 1927–31 issue; and Trinidad

A fine auction of over 1,350 lots, the property of 106 vendors, including the ‘Peter Tarquin’ stock offered intact; items from the extensive all World collection formed by the late Dr. Ronnie Straus, FRPSL, of Wimbledon and featuring a special section of Telegraphs together with the collections of Colin Lee and the late Dr. Steve Hiscocks; Mulready envelopes, letter sheets and caricatures; a strong section of 1840 1d. blacks; Surface Printed; an exceptional range of King Edward VII; King George V; and Queen Elizabeth II with important commemorative errors